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Queen Latifah Finally Out the Closet? And Who Cares?

It’s not exactly earth shattering news. We have all for years suspected that mega star Queen Latifah was indeed a lesbian. Did we care? Nope, we all still buy her music, watch her movies, use her makeup, and some (like me) dream about having a fifth of her success. What took the Diva so long? A press release came out last week that boost Queen Latifah will be headlining the Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival this month. She will performing on the main stage on May 19. Organizers said this is the first time she has ever performed at an LGBT festival.

After years of rumors and suspected girlfriends Queen has yet to actually publicly utter the words “I’m Gay”. Maybe this festival is her coming out party. Either way she will always be the Queen to me. Your sexuality, size, or skin color shouldn’t have anything to do with your success.

what difference does it make!! none of this takes away from her gifts and talents. She is who she is and sooo what…. Sick of folks judging others because of their race, economical status, lifestyle and/or gender…You go Queen and tell them to kiss your rich, nationally known ass..fuck em all who has something negative to say.

She could be Bi, just because she is doing an event for gays doesn’t mean she is gay. Lady Gaga does stuff for the gay community and she is straight as straight can be…Nothing wrong with supporting your fan base as they support you.

Lets just pray he out doesnt effect her career. Black people will continue their support,as sex never plays apart of knowing sheer talent..We still love Latifah…aka Dana Owens. My thing is your pref is your own…much love..

Ok when did she make the announcement? I am missing that. If it is thats her choice, but her performing at the festival is not confirmation. If thats the case Eminem performed on the stage with Elton John does that make him gay. Guilt by association. Really thats all it takes.

I really don’t care about her sexuality. I wish the press will stop running with stories based on presumptions and speculation. I think we all need to call her lesbian when she say it is so. Who knows she might be doing the show to keep the tabloids buzzing her name. We all know celebrities lose their stardom when people forget their names.

Performing is not coming out. Publicly stating that you are a lesbian is coming out. I hope she does publicly state it, I think she could be a fantastic role model for young Black GLBT youth. If she doesn’t that’s ok to, not our business and she isn’t obligated to put her business out there.

But performing at at GLBT festival is not coming out unless the festival is known to only hire GLBT performers. For anyone to suggest that a person is gay because of where they perform is kind of ignorant.